so the religions in the center that take a more nuanced or mosaic approach to religious life, making that life has been harder. >> reporter: they have been studying ways to understand the outrage, and they have been devoted to building spiritual communities and sometimes outside of synagogues. >> it is not about the bricks and the mortars, but about people and relationships. so we are working with the synagogues to ree imareimagine vision, and to think differently about how they build relationships. >> reporter: the denomination is especially concerned about reaching out to the younger jews. the pugh study found that among american jews between 18 and 29, only 11% identify as conservative, compared to 29% for reformed jews and 41% who say they have no for mall affiliation at all. >> one of my teachers says it this way, we build the synagogues of the grandparents' dreams and not our children's dreams, and so not being affiliated to that group is a rejection of the institutional structures of the parents and the grandparents, but not necessarily a rejek shction of jewish identity. >> r